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New York University student Stella Boonshoft didn't focus on fashion when she posted a photo of her size 12 self in underwear on her Body Love Blog.

Neither did Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston when she aired her grievances about a viewer's criticizing her weight.

But they've both become heroines for thousands of women size 14 and up, for whom getting dressed each day is a comparable act of bravery. They know when they walk outside that they'll confront narrow-minded ideas of what they should and shouldn't wear at their weight.

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